Robert M. Beckley, who has served as dean of the College of
Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) for the past ten years, will
return to the faculty at the College at the end of his current term
as dean. Beginning July 1, Beckley will return to research,
consulting work and teaching in urban design.

"This is a good time, both for myself and for college, to step
aside and let someone else assume leadership," Beckley says. "I am
looking forward to continuing to serve the college in other
capacities. After all, that's what we all go into higher education
for."

Provost J. Bernard Machen has initiated a national search to fill
the deanship and has charged a search committee to "present me with
an unranked slate of final candidates by the spring of 1997."

"Through Dean Beckley's efforts," Machen says, "and with the help
of the faculty and the staff, the College of Architecture and Urban
Planning has achieved greater distinction and program reputation in
the national and international arenas. As a result, the College is
well-positioned to move ahead into the next century.

"We owe Dean Beckley a debt of gratitude and wish him well as he
returns to the faculty."

The search committee members are:

John H. D'Arms (chair), the Gerald F. Else Professor of Classical
Studies and professor of history; Brian Carter, professor of
architecture; Hemalata Dandekar, director of the Center for South and
Southeast Asian Studies; Robert W. Marans, professor of architecture
and urban planning; Elizabeth L. Sears, associate professor of
history of art; Sharon Sutton, professor of architecture and urban
planning; and Elizabeth Vandermark, graduate student in architecture
and urban planning. Staff support will be provided by Katherine B.
Soper, assistant to the associate provost.